Find Yourself Some Silence

Thought For The Week 44

Precious saints of earlier generations had a great deal to say about ‘stillness’. They knew it as the absence of movement or the absence of sound, or both. They felt they must be ‘still’ at least part of the day or that day would be wasted. Inward assurance arises out of stillness; we must be still to know! (Psalm 46: 10) Of course it’s possible to know Yahweh in the hubbub if that is where He has placed us, but I believe He is known best in the stillness. During my lifetime the silence has been eroded by a battery of sound; by a world demanding to be heard; by an inner need to ‘drown’ it out. Don’t allow yourself to be beguiled by noise - switch off the worship CD, the 'God Channel', YouTube - and find yourself some silence. Prioritise some still times, the benefits are enormous.